Theodore Wildi - Who can benefit by using my book

Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems is both a textbook and a valuable reference book. As such, it has been adopted by many colleges and technical institutes, as well as in special University programs.

On account of its broad coverage, many colleges find Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems can serve two or more courses. Thus, although some topics may not be covered in a particular course, the extra material in my book is a valuable source of supplementary information and cross-reference.

Among other persons that can profit from my book, let me mention a few.

Graduate Engineer

If you are an Electrical Engineer that graduated a few years ago, you may not recall the behavior of electric transformers that you studied to obtain your degree. Also, you may be a graduate Civil Engineer who never specialized in the topics covered by my book. Furthermore, if you took courses in computers and telecommunications, you probably had only a marginal exposure to power electronics and transmission lines. Finding yourself in a job situation that requires a knowledge of these topics, you will find Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems easy to understand and eminently suited to your needs.

Graduate Technician

As a specialized Technician you may wish to refresh your knowledge of electric motors, transformers, or power electronices. And then again, you may want to know the basic principles of the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power Thus, if you are working for an electric utility or an electrical contractor, or if you are part of a maintenance team in a paper mill, you will find Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems extremely useful as an on-going source of practical information.

Self-study and Correspondence Courses

If you are a student enrolled in a correspondence course dealing with electric power technology, you will find it very useful to have my book as a second source of information to complement the material you are studying. It is amazing how it will help you understand things that may be a little obscure. In effect, Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems is like a friendly tutor that is quietly standing by, ready to answer a question by simply leafing through its pages. Industrial Learning Programs
It is a well-known fact that many colleges and universities no longer offer programs dealing with electric power. The accent today is on computers, telecommunications and robotics. And yet the demand for qualified persons in electrical machines, drives, and power systems is just as great as ever.
As a result, many companies have set up their own training programs to meet this on-going need. By virtue of their basic training, technicians and engineers that graduated with majors in telecommunications or computers can absorb such power courses dealing with transformers, power electronics, and electric motors. On account of its broad coverage, Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems is again an excellent textbook for such industrial learning programs.
Price of the Book
My book sells for a little over $ 100 and competing books are similarly priced. To put things in perspective, Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems contains more than 900 pages of technical information. Each page represents a minimum of 15 hours of research, writing, and revision, and years of practical experience. Imagine how inexpensive it is to have this book at your fingertips, offering immediate consulting advice on a broad range of topics. From this viewpoint, Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems is a real bargain.
Conclusion
So there we are. If you are engaged in one way or another with electric motors, transformers, transmission lines, distribution systems or power electronics, you will never regret having bought Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems . Sitting on a shelf, it will be a ready and willing companion that never has to be booted up, never crashes, and can never catch a virus.
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